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<h1 class="title"><a name="d0e1"></a>Formatting Object Table Reference
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<h3 class="author">Norman Walsh</h3>
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e24"></a>Introduction
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<p>This is technical reference documentation for the DocBook XSL
Stylesheets; it documents (some of) the parameters, templates, and
other elements of the stylesheets.
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<p>This is not intended to be “user” documentation.
It is provided for developers writing customization layers for the
stylesheets, and for anyone who's interested in “how it
works”.
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<p>Although I am trying to be thorough, this documentation is known
to be incomplete. Don't forget to read the source, too :-)
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<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
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<dt><a href="#template.calc.column.width">calc.column.width</a> - Calculate an XSL FO table column width specification from a
CALS table column width specification.
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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>calc.column.width — Calculate an XSL FO table column width specification from a
CALS table column width specification.
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<h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="synopsis"><xsl:template name="calc.column.width">
<xsl:param name="colwidth">1*</xsl:param>
...
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<p>CALS expresses table column widths in the following basic
forms:
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99units</em></span>, a fixed length specifier.
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99</em></span>, a fixed length specifier without any units.
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99*</em></span>, a relative length specifier.
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99*+99.99units</em></span>, a combination of both.
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<p>The CALS units are points (pt), picas (pi), centimeters (cm),
millimeters (mm), and inches (in). These are the same units as XSL,
except that XSL abbreviates picas "pc" instead of "pi". If a length
specifier has no units, the CALS default unit (pt) is assumed.
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<p>Relative length specifiers are represented in XSL with the
proportional-column-width() function.
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<p>Here are some examples:</p>
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<p>"36pt" becomes "36pt"</p>
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<p>"3pi" becomes "3pc"</p>
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<p>"36" becomes "36pt"</p>
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<p>"3*" becomes "proportional-column-width(3)"</p>
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<p>"3*+2pi" becomes "proportional-column-width(3)+2pc"</p>
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<p>"1*+2" becomes "proportional-column-width(1)+2pt"</p>
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<div class="refparameter"><b><a name="d0e104"></a>Parameters</b>
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<dt><span class="term">colwidth</span></dt>
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<p>The CALS column width specification.</p>
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<div class="refreturn"><b><a name="d0e114"></a>Returns</b>
<p>The XSL column width specification.</p>
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